Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-10

specimens aloe and cacti, foliage and
plants, roses, olcanders, tuberoses, terus
towering bcgonias, carnations, fuchsias,
petunias, bulbous plants, hanging bas.
ket OF live plants and geraniums, and
first prizes on coleus, begonias, fuchsias
and rustic basket live plants; Ed g, Err.
tine, Omaha, was awarded first premiums,
display bulbous plants and five speci-
mems Of aloe and cacti, second premium
on collection OF palms and aloe and acti.
Pickles-Mrs j. M. Wild, De Soto, re.
ceeived second premium on mixed pick.
OILS and mangoes, and honorable
mention on cucumbers and chow
chow pickles; Mrs. II. Mckay,
Omaha received first premium
on cucumber mixed, mangoes, peaches.
watermelon, muskmelon, apple, onion
and beat collection pickles, second pre-
MUM on cabbage, tomato, pickallilli,
plums, grapes, sweet tomato and chow
chow pickallilli; Miss +. A. Sexon, Papil-
hon, first premium on cabbage, tomatoes,
chow chow, pickallilli, second premi um
on cucumber, caulillower, onion, peaches;
Hiram Craig. Ft. Calhoun. received first
premiums on five bunches champion
grapes, five punches Blackhawk grapes
anu second pr emium on five punches
Black eagle grapes; John Chase, Weep.
ing Water, received first premium on
three varieties for market grapes; Charles
j. Bauman, Omaha, received first pre-
MUM on five punches each Della
ware, Concord, Black eagle, Perkins,
Salem, Eta Packlington, Taylor's ballet,
Bearman's Seeding, Clinton. Nebraska
grapes; second premium on Elvire, Hart.
ford, duchess grapes. X. q. Fenner, Fort
| Calhoun, received first premium for five
punches each of Canada, Lindlay,. Clin-
ton varieties, table, Catawba, Diana,
| Martha, Hartford, Elvira, cottage lady,
| Agawan, Brighton, GAINESVILLE grapes, and
| second premium in Ives and Norden
| grapes.
Hiram Craig, Fort Calhoun, received
first premium on Goethe, Merrimack,
Jefferson, duchess, Noah, White Ann
Arbor, collection of grapes, Iowa grapes.
| NOTES.
Mrs. DR.. Harsha, of Bellevue, lost q
valuable gold watch and chain this fore
noon. Finder can leave it at head
quarters on the ground or at the BEE
| office.
The races were the bright, particular at
traction yesterday, and the audience, al
| though not so large as on the previous day,
| was much noisier, more excited and enthusi-
| astic. The scenes about the pool sellers
stands were of an interesting character and
| several little fortunes went into one pocket
| from another on the various trials.
The first event on the card yesterday after
noon was the 2:4O trot, purse $500, with the
following entries: Ollie, b IN, A. g. Beck
with, Evanston, Wyo.; Bob Ridley, b &,
Theodore Van Alst, Elkhorn Station, Neb {;
| Prince, s, IS. II. Dickey Lansing, Kas. !;
Atlas, ch 8, Barney Losen, Kansas City, Mo-;
Lady Truesdale, b M ID. w. Roe, Ksarney,
Neb.; Daniel L., g z, A. s. Patrick, Omaha;
Daisy H., b IN, l. j. Starbuck, McCook, Neb. !;
Magma Wilkes, &, Edgewo cd Stock Farm.
Oconomowic, Wis.,; and Byron Sherman. b
$, w. A. G. Cott. Fremont Neb. Bob Ridley,
| Atlas, Lady Truesdale and Daniel l.. drawn.
| The positions were drawn as follows:
Daisy II. pole. Byron Sherman second, Ollie
third, Daniel l.. fourth and Prince ftth.
Considerable difficulty was experienced In
getting the horses off, owing to the unWieldi-
ness of the field. but beautiful send off was
obtained at last, the horses breaking from from
hs Ike Ss'nx winner n Up 9e the Rss first t. a"asr 1Ssa
with Ollie coming swift second, Magma
Wilkes third. Prince fourth and Byron
Prince hopelessly in the rear Times
half led Daisy Il BY length in 5o}{; with
Daisy II second, Magma Wilkes third, Prince
fourth and Byron $ out of the struggle; The
three-quarters, made in 1852, with no change
and the outcome was Ollie first, two lengths
ahead of Magma Wilkes, who passed Daisy
II on the homestretch, Prince fourth and
Byron distanced. Time-2:2914.
In the second heat the horses gotten of
without the aggravating delay which marked
the first start. The nags we're closely punched
around the lower turn, but at the quarter
Ollie pulled q length ahead, followed in order
by Wilkes, Prince and Daisy IL. The half
was reached in these positions in l:l5H, as
was the three-quarters in l:4. In swinging
around into the stretch Prince broke badly
and gave up third place to Daisy IL; while
Magma Wilkes overhauled Ollie, and after
an exciting chase down the last quarter, beat
her home about half length, amidst, the
deafening cheers OF the excited assemblage.
I A:ain in the third heat the horses were
sent off in admirable shape. Magma Wilkes
quickly claimed the lead out 0S WSs was rss
of HIM. Time-3S. They trotted together
down the stretch and by the half in l 10, but
in the third quarter Magma took lead OF
On entering the homestretch Ollie broke and
surrendered second place to Daisy Il and
the horses came under the string Wilkes
I lis nasy to- pacs of la asi
) Away the horses went for the fourth neat
on the first attempt, Ollie with her head up
: working well and forging to to the h. front: They
Prince third and Daisy II last. This was tn
order throughout the half being made II
l:l5. the three-quarters in 1884 and til
mile in 2:3Ox.
SUMMARY.
Magma Wilkes. .....................s ! ]
| Ollle. ............ ........'L
Daisy H........... :
rrlhce. ;;:,........' .'.'.''''''''''''''"l
= Byron Sher man.. an....................dl
t Time-2:294. 2:Sl4, 2:S14 and 2:3Ok.
Next came the free-for-all trot, purse $500
, The entries follow:
Mcleod, ch S, II. Chamberlain, Arapahot
.. Neb.; Joe Davis. br &, j. Nebro, Carksbura
. Ind; Williams, b s, w. A. Sanborn, Ste
I ling. Ill. !; and Longtellow Wuip, br ), j. ID
, Spears, Peoria, Iii.